---
name: "John Strickland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-strickland"
fi1m_id: "john-strickland"
imdb_id: "nm0834378"
tmdb_id: 47634
wikidata_id: "Q6259443"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "director"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T13:01:00.353462+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Strickland

## Identity

John Strickland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-strickland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-strickland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0834378
- **TMDB ID:** 47634
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6259443
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Strickland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6259443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47634

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1984–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 7 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Jed Mercurio](https://film.one/person/jed-mercurio.md), [Douglas Mackinnon](https://film.one/person/douglas-mackinnon.md), [Douglas Watkinson](https://film.one/person/douglas-watkinson.md), [Sarah Harding](https://film.one/person/sarah-harding.md), [Sarah Pia Anderson](https://film.one/person/sarah-pia-anderson.md), [Andrew Benson](https://film.one/person/andrew-benson.md), [Ashley Pearce](https://film.one/person/ashley-pearce.md), [Baz Taylor](https://film.one/person/baz-taylor.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as director, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 87 (2), 2000s 82 (3), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 4, Mystery 4, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Strickland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6259443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47634

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Prime Suspect*](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md) (88), [*Line of Duty*](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md) (79)
- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)
- **HBO Max:** [*Big Love*](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md) (79)
- **Netflix:** [*Bodyguard*](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Strickland is a British film and television director. He has directed episodes of series including *Boon* (1986), *Prime Suspect* (1991), *Bodies* (2004), *Big Love* (2006) and *Line of Duty* (2012–2019).

His other credits include *Bodyguard* (2018), *The Flight Attendant* (2020) and *The Rig* (2023). He received a Directors Guild of Great Britain award for outstanding directorial achievement on *Bodies* and BAFTA nominations for work on *Undercover Heart* and *Prime Suspect 2*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Directed (7) — the average rests on these

- *Bodyguard* (2018), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md)
- *Line of Duty* (2012), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Big Love* (2006), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Bodies* (2004), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/bodies.md)
- *Clocking Off* (2000), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* (1990), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Rig* (2023), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Flight Attendant* (2020), series, Director
- *Bodyguard* (2018), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md)
- *Troy: Fall of a City* (2018), series, Director
- *In Plain Sight* (2016), series, Director, Creator
- *X Company* (2015), series, Director
- *Occupying Ed* (2014), Actor
- *Undeniable* (2014), series, Director
- *The Musketeers* (2014), series, Director
- *Mr Selfridge* (2013), series, Director
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Case Sensitive* (2011), series, Director
- *Bedlam* (2011), series, Director
- *Strike Back* (2010), series, Director
- *The Philanthropist* (2009), series, Director
- *Whitechapel* (2009), series, Director
- *Apparitions* (2008), series, Director
- *The Fixer* (2008), series, Director
- *The Murder of Princess Diana* (2007), Director
- *A for Andromeda* (2006), Director
- *The Family Man* (2006), series, Director
- *Big Love* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, Director
- *Bodies* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/bodies.md)
- *Hustle* (2004), series, Director
- *Impact* (2003), Director
- *P.O.W.* (2003), series, Director
- *The Planman* (2003), Director
- *Trust* (2003), series, Director
- *Perfect* (2001), series, Director
- *Rebel Heart* (2001), series, Director
- *Clocking Off* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/clocking-off.md)
- *G:MT Greenwich Mean Time* (1999), Director
- *Undercover Heart* (1998), series, Director
- *An Unsuitable Job for a Woman* (1997), series, Director
- *Plotlands* (1997), series, Director
- *The Bill: Target* (1996), Director
- *Ghosts* (1995), series, Director
- *Milner* (1994), Director
- *Faith* (1994), series, Director
- *Between the Lines* (1992), series, Actor
- *Maigret* (1992), series, Director
- *Moon and Son* (1992), series, Director
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)
- *June* (1990), Director
- *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* (1990), series, Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit.md)
- *The Firm* (1989), Editor
- *Campion* (1989), series, Editor
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Call Me Mister* (1986), series, Editor
- *Boon* (1986), series, Director
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, Editor
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Driving Ambition* (1984), Editor
- *Brookside* (1982), series, Director
- *Embassy*, series, Executive Producer

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